Fla. Dems reveal opponent's SSN (Col. Allen West)

Politico ^ | 9/20/10 | KASIE HUNT

[pillut48]

The Florida Democratic Party has offered to pay to protect Republican congressional candidate Allen West from identity theft because it sent out a mailer featuring his Social Security number.

West, a retired Army colonel and YouTube sensation running against Rep. Ron Klein, was hit with a tax lien — since paid — in 2005, and the state party attacked him for it and other financial problems in a mailer sent out to 22nd District voters over the weekend.

The piece featured a photo of an IRS document showing the tax lien — and while West’s address was blacked out, his Social Security number and his wife’s Employment Identification Number were clearly visible.

[Armed Civilian]

That is the quote of the year!

[TribalPrincess2U]

Fantastic!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Florida Democratic Party use promo code "Rush"!

[seekthetruth]

Sure would make a great ad! Send that idea to Lifelock! Rush would like it too!

[seekthetruth]

Guess we think alike! :)

[seekthetruth]

I hope Allen presses charges, and sounds like he will!

http://www.therightscoop.com/unbelievable-allen-wests-ssn-sent-to-60000-by-florida-democrat-party?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unbelievable-allen-wests-ssn-sent-to-60000-by-florida-democrat-party

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I hope that Col. West hits Klein and his Democratic pricks so hard that they land in Cuba where they don’t need no stink’in Social Security Numbers, only Communist Party card numbers.

[pillut48]

:-) Aw, shucks. < blushes >
Anyone wants to use it has my permission! Have to check with JimRob first, he owns all of our stuff, doesn’t he? But I don’t think he’d mind. ;-)

[patriot preacher]

Isn’t this, oh, ILLEGAL?!

[GladesGuru]

“So why is a paid off tax lien from 5 years ago an issue anyway?”

To the property owner, it is a non-issue.

To Democrapic voters, who are far less likely to own property than Republicans, it sounds like some sort of tax cheating. Doubly so for poor Democraps.

‘Sides, from a Democrapic perspective, revealing Wests’ SS number is a sure way to cause West to take time off from waxing your sorry a$$ and deal with damage control and security issues.

[pillut48]

I don't read 'lawyerese', is this applicable to this situation?

ARTICLE SUMMARY OF FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT OF 1974: Collection and Protection of Social Security Numbers by Local, State and Federal Government Agencies

The Federal Privacy Act was amended in 1976 to require that Social Security Numbers be kept confidential by the local, state and federal government agencies that collect them and that the SSN not be disclosed, and it provides the same penalties for unlawful disclosure as for disclosure of a federal tax return:

[lowbridge]

bump

[CPT Clay]

Disgusting, how low can they go.

[Republican Wildcat]

Yes indeed they should - from LifeLock - and make sure they use the offer code “Rush”

[no dems]

We will remember
In November

[Tzimisce]

These people now have access to your medical information.

Have a nice day. :)

[skr]

Perhaps the numbers were on the tax lien documents.

[skr]

Oops, that’s what the last lines say. Aren’t tax liens public records? If they are, private information should be obscured; if it is, then there is an explanation due as to how they got hold of the original documents.

[chilltherats]

The rats have plumbed the depths of political depravity yet always seem to find a new low to sink to.

[chilltherats]

zero is using the IRS to attack these candidates,lain and simple.

Col. West will rise above it.

Does anybody know how he’s doing in the polls? I was saddened to see Angela McLachlan apparently lost her primary? I sure hope she tries again. Great gal. She’s got it all.